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Tal. C.169 YOUNG K+ZA+X WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 30, 1929. HAĦĦL
STEAMER SUNK IN CANTON-KOWLOON KUOMINCHUN GAIN FRENCH POLITICAL MR. J. H. THOMAS'S
RAILWAY. SEVERE GALE.
LAKE MICHIGAN STORMI
DISASTER.
EXCITING RESCUE SCENES
AT KENOSHA.
THIRTEEN LIVES LOST
Thirteen lives were lost yes- terday, it is feared, when for the second time within a week Lake Michigan was swept by territic gale, wrecking the American .3. Wisconsin near Kenosha, the ves.
in half an hour.
SCHEME TO SHORTEN TIME
FOR JOURNEY.
3 HOURS FOR TRIP.
Canton, Oct. 29.
BIG SUCCESS-
FIERCE BATTLE ROUND TENGFENG.
NANKING TROOPS RETIRE IN CONFUSION.
HEAVY CASUALTIES.
STALEMATE.
M. DALADIER ABANDONS CABINET-MAKING.
SOCIALIST ATTITUDE.
Parfa, Oct. 20.
Following the decision of the National Counel) of the Socialist Party which rojected the motion for collaboration with M. Daladier.
SALARY.
ISSUE AT REASSEMBLY OF COMMONS.
DEBATE ON WHETHER HE HAS BEEN EARNING IT?
London, Oct, 29.
936 PER ANNUM SIXOLM COPT 10 CENTS
The is more quality than seems prasibia io put into this most complete, moderate-priced car, the MARQUETTE-Built by Buick. The quality is in every feature, from bumper to bumper, from top to tread, because Balck knows how to build an extra margla of out- and-out goodness late all its products,
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Central 1748 në 1247. ̈
35 Wear Nel Cheng Rand............. Hapur Valley.
CANTON-HONAM BRIDGE.
MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT
FOR AMERICAN FIRM?"
NEW ROAD PLANNED.
Canton, Oct. 29. It is rumoured here that Messrs. Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd., Inoj U.S.A.. have secured a one million dollar contract for the building of
Honam.
SHARE COLLAPSE UNCHECKED.
MARKET RALLIES AND
BREAKS A
AGAIN.
NEW YORK BANKERS READY TO GO THE LIMIT:
bridge between Canton and AN EASIER FEELING.
and the Radicals in the proposed CHEERS FOR SNOWDEN, new Ministry, M. Daladier has in-
This bridge has been talked formed President Doumergue that
New York, Oct, 20.. he has abandoned the attempt to
about since 1905, but actually the The House of Commons was last two days blasting operations
It is hoped that the turning form Cabinet: :
crowded this afternoon when have been taking place in the point in the tremendous plunges M. Daladier realised the futilityParliament re-assembled after river just off the Dutch Folly at on the Stock Exchange, which of relying upon the Left Centre, its three months holiday, the the point where the bridge is to be have rocked the institution to its
favour his pea Summer Recess. As the House It has not been possible to learn} foundations, has been reached w which does not
Mr. Yeung Wak-kat, a son of Mr Young Hik-ng, has been appoint ed Traffic Manager of the Chiness Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway in succession to Mr. Her- bert P. C. Cheng. Mr. Yeung has just been appointed by the Ministry of Railways in Nanking
Shanghai, Oct. 49. to this post. Previous to this, he
Severe fighting is in progress was one of the Secretaries of the between the Kuominchun and Ministry of Railways in Nanking. Nanking at the various points
from Lingnam He graduated sel plunging to the bottom with his studies in America, where he appears that the Kuominchun grame, which was drawn up was continuing a Session which yet what form the budge is to] to-day after a long and critical
University in Canton and completed along the Lung-Hai Railway. It made a special study of Railway opened a general attack on the order to secure the support of the opened in July last, it settled
Nanking armies on the 26th Extreme Left.
down to business without formal Mr. C. C. Liu,, who is the Manag-instant, violent engagements
preliminaries. Since M. Daladier's withdrawal miles from the Kenesha water-ing-Director of the Chinese Sectim having occurred since then with of this railway, has recently issued the Kuominchun mainly success-
was announced, the Socialist Par- front and there were exciting a report on the condition of the line.Fül.
liamentary Group has passed a It appears that great progress has
resolution røgreiting the decision resque scenes. The disaster follows closely heen made lately and that the rail
The fiercest battle has taken of the National Counell of their upon the loss of the Milwaukee service is working on an efficient place round Tengfeng during the Party and again offering M. Data
when and profitable basis, The Express week-end. The Kuominchun ander dier their support." ferry steamer last week, fifty-two persons were drowned in trains running twice daily each Generals Sun Liang-sing. Ponz
The vessel
went down
four.
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Administration.
Later,
The resolution demands the con-
a storm which sprang up without way between Hongkong and Cantoni Ping-haun and Liang Koon-ying,vocation on December 25th of
warninga
An Old Vessel.
have been of great service both for made desperate assaults on the passengers and freight, and it is city after a preliminary bombard- intended as soon as possible to mant with heavy artillery. augment this service by a further
The Nanking troops at Tengfeng
The Wisconsin which foundered | night train, in each direction. Aare under General Wei Yih-shan, a yesterday was built as lang ako as Kreat many sleepers have been re-
former Northern military leader, 1881, but she was reconstructed by placed along the line and the ser- who surrendered to the Kuomin her owner in 1916. O approxi-vice has been spended up consider- mately 2,000 tons gross, she was ably, the journey taking just under tank, and was subsequently made a Divisional Commander in the 209 feet long, 40 feet wide, and four hours at present.
Nanking National Armyce had a moulded, depth of 20,7 feel.' She belonged to the Goodrich Tran- sit Company.
A Reuter cable from Kenosha, Wisconsin, received this, morning, gives details of the, disaster.
It appears consinus
that the as. Wi
Mr. C. C. Llisnow plans to have the relaying of the sleepers.com- pleted and the service quickened up to cover the 112 miles from
Tengfeng Captured.
Hundreds of Narking troops
011
Canton to Kowloon in 3 hours, perished during the encounter | "The Railway Administration and two regimental leaders were workshops are to be considerably killed on the field. The casualty extended and new engines and list is believed to be havy steaming off Kene-carriages are to be ordered. The both sides. sha when she ran into a heavy programme as outlined by Mr.
'Later, storm, which she failed to weather. C. C. Liu at present calls for the expenditure of close an $1,000,000 Carried
Wireless.
in the near
future.---Our Om Correspondent, *
5.0.5. messages were sent out when the master 'discovered that The ship was foundering. but she went down before assistance from the shore was forthcoming.
Over-sixty passengers" and brow were on board the doomed graft, and there were exciting: rasöue scenes. viewed by hundreds of spectators on the Kenosha shoge.
The vessel foundered abou! four miles off the coast, and
10
boatloads
taken and Milwaukee. Sume of them, were badly injured and same of them
--were unconscious,"
WAR ON RELIGION
IN RUSSIA.
PRIEST AND OTHERS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES,
Rign, Ont., 29.
It is reported that the Kuomin- chun have captured Tengfeng. The Nanking troops retired confusion and it is reported that their morale has been broken,"
in
Nanking Troops Resieged, General Wei Yih-shan ordered His defeated troops to retreat to the Linyu District but the Kuo- minchun were in hot pursuit and an independent report says that Linguia also in a state of siege.
It is understood that General.
A priest and three members of Pong Ping-hsun will be left
NAVAL STOKER'S BODY" RECOVERED.
Found Floating Near the Dockyard Wall.
"TARANTULA" TRAGEDY,
We ar formed by the naval authorities that the body of the late Stoker Cornwell, of H.M.S. Tarantule, was found lying off the south wall of the Dockyard at about 7 o'clock this morning.
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Stoker Cornwell returned to his ship from shore leave on Sunday night, but cext morn- ing could not be traced, and it was feared that he must have fallen overboard
been drowned.
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These fears have now been realised by the discovery of the body.
Socialist Party Congress to decide
the Ministry.
those im board were rescued in the Church Council at Kinery Assall the Nanking line on the the question of participation in
(Moscow) have been sentenced to Lung-Hal Rtaway, whilst Generals death and their property confisent-Sun Liang-sing. Sung Chih-yuza,
There is at yet no indication of ed on a charge of ringing church-and Shih Ching-teng will lead bells to warn parishioners of the their troops through Honan to the M. Daladier's intentions arising arrival of Communists to seize the attack on Sinyangchow, the impor out of the new situation-Beuter. Church" and convert it into a club. tant city near the Hupeh frontiers, Others charged with being Im-1which is strongly defended by plicated in the ringing were sen thousands of Nanking troops. tenced to imprisonment.. for various terms ranging from foar to ten years.
"Fifteen members of the crew and passengers were saved on a saft, including the skipper of the Wisconsin, who on reaching shore shook hands with his mates and then dropped dead from a heart at tack:
Some of the people on board the Wisconsin are still missing.
The Casualty List,
Kenosha, Oct. 29. The casualty list in the Wiscom- sin disaster is given out as follows:
Dead
Missing
Sent to Hospital
9
19.
Further details of the mishop the disclose that the master of Wisconsin did not drop dead on shore as previously reported.
teen arrests,--Reuter,
CHINA'S - TELEGRAPH CONTRACTS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR THEIR REVISION.
Nanking Disloyalty?
Kuominchun. "Bandits." Four thousand "bandits" in Southern Shantung, near Linchang, lave enlisted under the banner of General Sun Liang-sing, the First Divisional Commander of the Kuominchun. They have been
Changes Mind.
A long list of questions were down to be answered, the most important of them being address-
to the Rt. Hon. Mr. J. H Minister of Unemployment.. Thomas, the Lord Privy Seal and
Mr.
Thomas was invited to make a series of statements con- cerning the progress made with schemes to relieve unemployment
take.
low struggle between the bulls and
the bears.
whether it will be a bridge connecting the two banks between the city, via Dutch Folly Island to Honam, thereby blocking the whole of the Front Reach to all river traffic larger than 8am-
large pans and small junks, or whether suspension bridge with long ap- it is intended to build a
on either side, which: proaches would be sufficiently high to allow the river steamers to pass under- neath at high tide.
Wall Street has never before witnessed such an opening as it experienced to-day. In the first half an hour the 'business' ex- ceeded any previous full' hour's trading in the history of the Exchange.
A huge volume of business was It is further stated that the transacted immediately the Stock contract calls for the completion of Market opened, and another shock- the bridge within twenty-one ing slump was feared as many of months. No doubt details regard-the leading active stacks were ing the construction and confirma-quickly brought down as much as-2 tion of the placing of the contract, or the contrary, will be released ten pointa. within a few days.
Another improvement belny
Exciting Ups and Downs.
Unemployment Issues. Answering them in bulk, Mr. Thomas said it was proposed that the vote for hia salary should be put down early next week in order to give an opportunity for a full discussion on the subject He would then make a compre made in connexion with Honam is The day was full of exciting upg hensive statement. He added that the decision to build immediately and downs, but the pleading to the he was more than gratified with
a long road from the Cement bankers to intervene eventually the response which he had re
Works in Honam to Whampoa. had a strengthening effect and at ceived from various employers of This should be about 10 miles the conclusion, though the Market labour to his request for assis-long and should pass almost all was still shaky, there was an tance:
the way along the bank of the easier. feeling, Asked what progress had been river. passing the Lingnam The first rally set in at eleven made in the promotion of schemes University near Canton. It is o'clock In the morning, but it was for the electrification of the rail-reported that survey work in very short-lived and at 1230 p.m. ways, M. Thomas sald it was connexion with this road has the prices of shares corresponded because so much had been done already been commenced.-Chirto the opening quotations, or were that he wished to make a full Own Correspondent.• statement next week.
Mr. Ber Turner, the Secretary
for Mines, announced that the
DISASTER.
DESTRUCTION OF MAILS NOW ASSUMED.
Government hoped to make a state- THE INDIAN AIR MAIL ment on Thursday of their 20- posals for the reduction of the hours of work in the mines,
Relations With Russia.
Henderson, Mr. Arthur
the Foreign Secretary, stated that an opportunity for discussion of the Protocol providing for the re- sumption of diplomatic relations with Russia, would be given at un
early date.
Mr. Gillett, for the Board of Trade, said that under the exports tracts of a total face value of credits guarantee scheme, six con- £136,220 had been entered into with exporters in this country in respect of exports to Russia. The goods covered by the contracts Cabinet-included coal, machinery and textiles, and the percentage of the risk accepted by the department was sixty per cent,
Later.
In view of the Socialists offer M. Daladier has resumed making-Reuter.
And Again.
Later.
THE SUSPENSION OF BOXING MEN.
"SLIGHT OMISSION BY NEW YORK COMMISSION.
- Premier's Return.
London, Oct. 20. The Postmaster Général regreta to announce that as a result of the wreck of the Imperial Airways
AUSTRALIAN. GOLD FOR LONDON,
even loweer.
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An hour later there came a sharp upward turn. United States Steels raliled, from 171. to 186 in quick time and General Electrics jumped from 214 to 244.
This followed an announcement by Morgan's that many of the leading banks had informed their customers that for the, present they will require maintenance of only 25 per cent. on loans!
Later.
16,000,000 Shares Sold,
over
Sales registered a new record, over sixteen million shares chang-- ing hands during the day as
ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEgainst last week's record sale of
14,000,000.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
Melbourne, Oct. 29.
Reroplane, "City of Rome," in the Gulf of Genoa, the whole, of the The closing of the Exchange Indian air mail which left Karachi found the situation still very un- on October 20th and the mails settled, though. the feeling was which left Basra and Baghad on better." Prices in many cases October 22nd and Gaza pad were higher than the carlfer Alexandria on October 23rd, are extreme low levels. believed to have been destroyed. "The rebound reached impressivo Four bodies from the air mail proportions in the last hour and have now been recovered, namely at the finish, United States Steels. those of Flight Engineer F. T. were down twelve points, Ameri- It appears that when the warn- There is, however, some doubt
Pembroke, Mr. S. J. Stone, the can Telephones and Telegraphs, ing was given, the parishioners as to who is really controlling
alone lost wireless operator, Captain L. S. which have turned out and drove off the Com-Sinyangchow as a large number
Birt, the pilot, and Mr. Ritchie, a $450,000,000 in paper value in the munists. Soon afterwards, police of Kunminchun troops are said to
M. Daladier Kas definitely aban.
passenger. Salvage of the plane collapse, were down twenty-eight. visited the region and made seven be in the vicinity of Sinyangchow doned the task. He stated that Mr. Philip Snowden, the Chun-will be extremely difficult as it is American and Foreign Power (connected and it is believed in some quarters
have support on which he had reckoned cellor of the Exchequer, who that the froups there
with the Shanghai electric under-. and British Wireless. as a certainty had been made the received an ovation from the sunk in 300 feet of water. Reuter Company's shares, arranged terms with the KUD-
political
takings), conditions Government benches when he subject of
dropped twenty-two minchun For their surrender. which made it useless to continue. entered the House to act us Leader
points. The real situation on the Hupch-Reuter..
until the return of Mr. Ramsay Honan border, which seems des-
MacDonald, announced that the tined to be the main future battle-
Premier would attend the House ground, is obscure,
on Tuesday next and would make an early statement on the results of his visit to the United States.
Mr. W. Lunn, the Under-Secre- tory for the Colonica, preferred to
A ray of sunshine, though it effect has not yet been felt, has defer any general statement on Palestine pending the report of the inquiry now being held into
The Chairman of the Commen-appeared in the statement by the the recent disorders. He said the wealth Bank announced to-day that New York State, who said he felt Superintendent of Insurance in Colonial Office was prepared, to It appears that the British Box- consider the proposal that a con- he had arranged with the Bank justified in recommending the In- of England to ship to England aurance Companies to substantiai- 'A representative of the Ministry | Heuchow as their goal, and loing Board of Control acted under ference should be called of re$4,000,000 worth of gold so as to be ly Invest in leading stocks at theli
prescatatives of the Arab and the hinder the movements of the army, a of Communications will be
misapprehension when they Jewish leaders with a view to available in London at the end of present prices-Reuter's American
the year.
Service, chairman of the Committee, and preventing them, if possible, from
ordered the suspension of reaching a settlement.
He added that it was in the beat representatives of the Foreign joining the troops on the Lung-
Montreal Collapse. Renter's American Service.
the British champlon. Ernig
interests of Australia that they The ferry disaster mentioned Ministry and of the Finance Minis-Hai Rallway, Four thousand men
the accurred last week, the venuel being try will be the Vice-chairman will not be sufficient to take Hsu Jarvis.
Montreal, Oct. 29.! manager Levino, The Minister of Agriculture should help to relieve the gold chowfu, where there are thousands and the referee.
Reflecting the situation on the. Matt announced that-grants from the shortage in London-Router:
Now, York Stock Markot, Montreal of troops.
Wells, following the contest Development Fund in aid of
and other Canadian Exchanges. further improvements of fishing Feng Still A Prisoner? at The Stadium between Jarvis harbours, amounting to £30,750
were.rocked by the wildest storm had recently been sanctioned.
of liquidation for many years.. Although scepticism has been and Frankie. Genaro.
To-day's transactions on the It now seems that the New York The House proceofed with the expressed regarding the alleged
Montreal Stock Market totalling detention by Marshal Yen Hsi-State Athletic Commission reln-second reading of the Coast Pro-
•half a million shares constituted a shan of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang atated Genaro prior to his fight with tection Bill which is designed to
record and thore, has also been a Taiyuanfu, the Nanking Jarvle, but omitted to inform the co-ordinate the work of lol.
record loss in paper values, the military command persists in the British Board of Control-Reuter, authorities in dealing with const
erosion
eum total for a week running
into Montreal, Oct. 23. report. The Nanking Garrison
Mr. William Graham, the Prosi-
Indications at the close, how Command has produced a surprise
ducing the Bill mentioned that it Canadian Chambers of Commerce by publishing a cable from Mar Marshal Yen added that Feng is dent of the Board of Trade, intro-The Executive Committee of the shai Yen Hal-shan, who stated that being kept under surveillance at would facilitate grants by the have decided to send a representa ever wore that the bottom had he disapproved of the activities of Taiyuanfu, and if the National Development Commissioners for tive delegation of Canadian bual been reached and that stocks aro thu Kuominchun and that ho Government deems it necessary Works, which are at present im neas men to Japan and Chinn in now generally held in stronger blamed Feng Yu-halang for not Feng Yu-halang can be escorted practicable and it would thus 1930 with a view to the develop hands than the holders on margin consulting him, Marshal Yen, by Shanal troops to Nanking to be help to relleve unemploymentment of Canadian trade with the who have been forced to unload
British Wireless,
Orlent-Reuter.
Reuters American Service before taking such drastic steps. court-martialled.
Master Goes Down with Ship, It now appears that the captain remained on board the steamer and went down with her, accompanied by about twenty of his crew.
The body of the skipper was later picked up by a coastguard
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Nunking, Oct. 30, The report is officially confirmed that the Ministry of Communica- tions will shortly appoint a Special Committee for the revision of Cable and Wireless contracts with foreign ordered to corporations.
Reuter.
lost in the severe storm on the Great Lakes which wrecked the Chicago boulevard. The cruft was on her way from Milwaukee to Grand Haven with 52 men on board. and all were given up for lost when.." the wreckage was found about 15 miles west of Kenosha,
R101 NOW READY FOR FURTHER TRIALS.
DEFECT IN HER ENGINE
REMEDIED. -^ The Royal Observatory reports
London, Oct. 20. that the anticyclone has moved eastward and pressure is highest The defect in the starting en over the south-east of Japan, gine of the airship B101 has now Moderate monsoon will prevail been remedied, and the airship will along the south-east coast of China resume her trials at the earllest
favourabla opportunity. and over the North China Sea. She may leave her shed early to The forecast till noon to-morrow morrow morning-British Wire- ds-N.E. winda, fresh; fino.
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march down the Tientsin-Pukow Railway with
at
New York. Oct. 29.
Mr.
A
Development Work.
CANADIAN INTEREST IN ORIENT.
TRADE
DELEGATION TO BE
SENT.
milllards of dollars.